Startups vs Multinational corporations

The grass is always greener on the other side

Berlin - a new startup being founded every 20 minutes on average

[src: http://www.gruenden-in-berlin.de]

Challenges Startups vs Multinational Corporations

Startups - Deadlines and time pressure

Startups – Features first, no time for improvements

Startups - Being too agile can lead to losing focus on priorities

Multinationals - Finding the right person to address a question

Multinationals - Strong dependencies between teams

Multinationals – Chain of responsibility slow down the progress

Multinational - Uniformity

Benefits Startups vs Multinational Corporations

Startups - Eager for new technologies

Startups – Excitement of seeing features released quickly

Startups - Seeing the results of each one’s work

Multinationals - Time to build a good product

Multinationals - Learning time and importance given to tech debts

Multinationals - Perspectives of personal development

Multinationals – Structured definition of seniority and responsabilities

You can’t have a rainbow without a little rain

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